The secessionist movement in Moroland was largely fueled by Moro leftists and religionists in the 70s. The Jabidah Massacre was just a trigger. Martial Law further inflamed the movement.
While both the Moro leftist and religionists recognize and point to the sultanate as historical basis for the secession; both leftists and religionists were in no mood to revive it as advocated by the royalists. The leftists do not recognize class segregation and domination of one royal family and the privilege of one family to reign/rule a country. The religionists abhors any form of politics and governance beyond the four rightly-guided caliphs and supports theocracy, a government, naturally, ruled by them.
Middle East politics and support somehow defined their position. The leftists like to point to Khadafi's Libya, Mubarak's Egypt, Saddam's Iraq and Assad's Syria as ideal set-up for their cause. In Libya, Egypt and Iraq, monarchy was abolished. The religionists see the Saudi model of Wahhabi ulama as their ideal. The unique role as head of the faith was wrestled by the foreign-trained ulama from the Sulu Sultan who was traditionally the leader of the faithfuls.
Therefore, all the moves that were taken that appear to support the sultanate was a tactical move to gain credence for the revolution. The consumated MNLF-GRP peace process and the on-going MILF-GPH peace process involved no Sultan nor is there any that favors the return of the sultanate.
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